Collar support and closer.



No. 880,888. A PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

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APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 7.1907.

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ALBERT TOOTH, OF GLENSIDE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CQLLAR SUPPORT AND CLOSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August '7. 1907. Serial No. 387.413.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT TOOTH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Glenside, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Collar Support -and Closer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful im rovement in collar support and closer, an has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this description which may be readily applied to the front collar button and to the lower edges of the collar so as to support the front portion of the collar and keep the front ends thereof closed, and to provide for sustaining the support in its pro er relative position to the colar button an collar.

With Athese ends in rview, this invention consists in the details Of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims. K

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention a pertains may understand how to make ang use the same, I Will describe its construction in detail, referring by letter tothe accompanying drawing forming a part of this speclfication, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved support and closer. Fig. 2, a side view thereof.

In carrying out my invention as here einbodied, I tale a single piece of Wire and so bend and twist it as to form the u right body A and prongs B. Each section o the wire is. so bent as to form the spring coils C at the end of the prongs and then extend outward to form the arms D. Each of the arms terminates in a loo 01;.hookE adapted to fit under the edge o thecollar and embrace the same, and it is to be noted that the arms are bent upon a curve which approximately corresponds to the curve of the collar when placed upon the wearer.

In practice the spv over the front ortion of the collar button back ofthe hea thereof, and the loops E are engaged with the lower vedges of' the collar ing. coils C are sprung while the body A lies against the overlapping rammed 'march s, 190s.' I

button flaps and thus acts as a lever to pre- V vent the downward pressure of theedges of the collar from tipping the device as would be the case on account of the curvature ofthe arms. y suitable ornamentation may be set in the eye F.

The upward ressure of the loops E on the lower edges of t e collar will tend to force the upper portion of the meeting edges toward each other thus keeping them closed with a spring pressure, said s ring pressure being derived from thelengt of the arm in conjunction with the coils C.

Heretofore considerable annoyance has been occasioned by the s litting of the meeting ends of a collar, an especially where a heavy or thick ,neck-tie is used, which naturally tends to force these ends apart,but by the use` Of my improvement this disadvantageis entirely overcome andthe device may be quickly applied or attached either before or .after the neck-tie has been secured in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, is-

A collar support and closer formed of a single piece of wire bent to have an upright body having its top formed with a loop and its centralportion twisted, the ends o the twisted portions of said body being bent downwardly and outwardly to form a pair of divergent prongs, the end of each prong being bent to form a s ring coil so as to provide ALBERT TOOTH.A Witnesses:

GEORGE W. HALL, L. FEEscOLN. 

